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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8072
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit an election official
from transmitting a ballot to an individual by mail for an election
for Federal office unless the official certifies to the chief State election
official that the individual is eligible to vote in the election.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 18, 2020
Mr. SMITH of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit
an election official from transmitting a ballot to an indi-
vidual by mail for an election for Federal office unless
the official certifies to the chief State election official
that the individual is eligible to vote in the election.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Integrity of Our Elec-
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tions Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING TRANSMISSION BY MAIL OF BALLOTS
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FOR ELECTIONS TO INDIVIDUALS NOT CER-
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TIFIED AS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN ELECTION.
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(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 302 of the Help America
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Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
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section (e); and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
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lowing new subsection:
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‘‘(d) PROHIBITING TRANSMISSION BY MAIL OF BAL-
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LOTS FOR ELECTION TO INDIVIDUALS NOT CERTIFIED AS
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ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN ELECTION.—
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‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—An election official may
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not transmit a ballot to an individual by mail for an
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election for Federal office unless the official certifies
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to the chief State election official that the individual
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is eligible to vote in the election.
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‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall
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apply with respect to any election occurring after the
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date of the enactment of the Integrity of Our Elec-
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tions Act.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 302(e) of
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such Act (52 U.S.C. 21082(e)), as redesignated by sub-
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section (a), is amended by striking ‘‘Each State’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (d), each
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State’’.
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